Where Honour Meets Harakeke - Day 3.

A vision for legacy-led restoration between Crown and Kīngitanga, woven in muka, memory, and mana.

🛑 Disclaimer:

This piece is offered in the spirit of restoration, not blame. It speaks to a shared hope for legacy-led partnership rooted in honour, healing, and mutual respect. The past cannot be undone — but together, we can choose to restore what is right.

If YOU were King Charles III — what would you do to help rebuild the harakeke economy for the people of Aotearoa?

This is what I would do...

👑 If I were the Crown…

I’d remember the covenant —
Not just the signatures on parchment,
But the sacred breath between chiefs and sovereigns.

I’d return to Aotearoa,
Not with dominion, but with dignity.
Not to take, but to tend.

And I’d see harakeke —
Standing tall on ancestral whenua,
A fibre of resistance, resilience, and renaissance.

I’d see a people rising,
Not asking for permission,
But inviting partnership — legacy to legacy,
Crown to Kīngitanga.

Together, we could restore more than economies — We could restore mana.

For what is true royalty,
If not the courage to repair what was broken?

Let the next chapter be handwritten,
In muka, honour, and truth.

This is not a protest — it’s a proposition. A call to remember the sacred breath exchanged between rangatira and sovereigns. To honour not just what was signed, but what was promised. In the spirit of restoration, Where Honour Meets Harakeke invites a new chapter — one rooted in whakapapa, led by iwi, and co-authored with dignity. The harakeke economy is rising. Will you rise with it?